HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Waynesboro falls to Northern York

Tuesday

Oct 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM

It's not the first game Steve Myers has been on the sideline for the Waynesboro Indians varsity football team.

Lee Goodwin

DILLSBURG — It's not the first game Steve Myers has been on the sideline for the Waynesboro Indians varsity football team.But it was his first time as the team's head coach, and on Monday — three days later than scheduled — Myers led the Tribe against the Northern Polar Bears in a Mid-Penn Colonial Division game.Northern outgained Waynesboro 427-116, including a superb game from quarterback Luke Lynes as the Polar Bears turned back the Indians 42-14. Lynes completed 9 of 10 passes for 245 yards and five touchdowns, while Waynesboro struggled to get anything going offensively and didn't score its first points until the third quarter after falling behind 35-0 at halftime."We prepared the same way we do every week," said Myers, who last week replaced Scott Shacreaw, who was dismissed as the head coach along with assistant Chris Petrie."We were just shorthanded. We're pretty banged up right now, and we came out flat."The offensive line was rearranged again with the line's bell cow Zach Stumbaugh being moved to center and Josh Sims being inserted into the lineup. Ogochukwu Akamelu played at wide receiver as the Indians stuck primarily to the spread offense with Brett Mohn as the primary running back.However, the running game never got on track and quarterback Nathan Toney was under pressure on most plays and finished with just five completions in 21 attempts."We knew they were going to bring the house," Myers said. "We thought we could maybe do some things out of the backfield with the passing game. We just have to block a little better. The plays were there, we just have to execute."Lynes was on his game last night and got plenty of help from his receivers with yards after the catch. Terrelle Hicks and Colton Baxter each picked up the majority of their yardage on touchdown catches of 58 and 64 yards, respectively. Hicks split the defense over the middle and raced to the end zone to give the Polar Bears a 14-0 lead after Aidan Alves' second point after touchdown. Baxter's 64-yard score was a dagger, coming with just 19 seconds left in the first half and making the score 35-0 after the conversion.Baxter opened the scoring with a 21-yard TD reception from Lynes, capping a 6-play, 60-yard drive highlighted by a 26-yard run by Richard Settle that set up the scoring play. After Hicks scored just two minutes later, Northern got the ball back following Waynesboro's second punt and went right to work from midfield. After three short gains, Lynes found Settle open for a 38-yard strike and a 21-0 lead.Bobby Shelly caught an 18-yard TD pass from Lynes and Baxter ended the first-half scoring with his catch and run down the left sideline.With the mercy rule in effect in the second half, the Indians dented the scoreboard early in the foruth quarter. Backup quarterback Matt Peck, who earlier in the game caught a 31-yard pass from Toney for one of the few highlights of the first half for the Tribe, took off on a 27-yard run. One play later, freshman running back Brady Beckner scored on a 2-yard run.Northern (3-4, 2-2 MPC) drove 48 yards on eight plays en route to their sixth touchdown of the game to make it 42-6.On Waynesboro's next possession, Peck took off running again on a keeper and raced 49 yards to the Northern 16. On fourth down from the 12, Peck connected with Beckner across the middle for the touchdown and then threw to Ben Gsell for the 2-point conversion with four seconds left in the game.The Indians did not commit a turnover and played a clean game penalty-wise. But the Tribe punted eight times and gave up 9.7 yards per play to the Polar Bear offense."We have to put every thing together," Myers said. "If you're not the biggest, strongest or fastest team, you have to be perfect."Waynesboro (0-7, 0-4 MPC) has a short week due to the rescheduled game on Monday. The Indians will host West Perry on Homecoming Friday at 7:30 p.m.

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